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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Boehm, Brian R. Mitchell, Klaus (14 January 2018). "British parliamentary election results, 1950-1964". CUP Archive – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Testing the Electorate. Hopes and Fears in Four Constituencies". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1964. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ↑ "1964 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ "Government Retain Bury St Edmunds. Happier Days Again for Tory Workers". The Glasgow Herald. 16 May 1964. p. 7. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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